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Harun Yahya

God Commands Believers to be Compassionate and Merciful

Islamic morality is described in the Qur'an as:
...To be one of those who believe and urge each other to steadfastness and urge each other to compassion.
Those are the Companions of the Right. (Surat al-Balad: 17-18)

As we have seen in this verse, one of the most important moral precepts that God has sent down to His
servants so that they may receive salvation and mercy and attain Paradise, is to "urge each other to compas-
sion".

Islam as described in the Qur'an is a modern, enlightened, progressive religion. A Muslim is above all a
person of peace; he is tolerant with a democratic spirit, cultured, enlightened, honest, knowledgeable about
art and science and civilized.
A Muslim educated in the fine moral teaching of the Qur'an, approaches everyone with the love that

Islam expects. He shows respect for every idea and he values art and aesthetics. He is conciliatory in the face
of every event, diminishing tension and restoring amity. In societies composed of individuals such as this,
there will be a more developed civilization, a higher social morality, more joy, happiness, justice, security,
abundance and blessings than in the most modern nations of the world today.

God Has Commanded Tolerance and Forgiveness

The concept of forgiveness and tolerance, described in the words, 'Make allowences for people' (Surat

al-A'raf: 199), is one of the most fundamental tenets of Islam.
When we look at the history of Islam, the way that Muslims have translated this important feature of
Qur'anic morality into the life of society can be seen quite clearly. Muslims have always brought with them

an atmosphere of freedom and tolerance and destroyed unlawful practices wherever they have gone. They
have enabled people whose religions, languages and cultures are completely different from one another to
live together in peace and harmony under one roof, and provided peace and harmony for its own members.
One of the most important reasons for the centuries-long existence of the Ottoman Empire, which spread
over an enormous region, was the atmosphere of tolerance and understanding that Islam brought with it.

Muslims, who have been known for their tolerant and loving natures for centuries, have always been the
most compassionate and just of people. Within this multi-national structure, all ethnic groups have been free
to live according to their own religions, and their own rules.

True tolerance can only bring peace and well-being to the world when implemented along the lines set
out in the Qur'an. Attention is drawn to this fact in a verse which reads:
A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity
between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Surat al-Fussilat: 34)

Conclusion

All of this shows that the morality that Islam recommends to mankind brings to the world the virtues of
peace, harmony and justice. The barbarism known as terrorism, that is so preoccupying the world at present,
is the work of ignorant and fanatical people, completely estranged fromQur'anic morality, and who have ab-
solutely nothing to do with religion. The solution to these people and groups who try to carry out their sav-

agery under the mask of religion is the teaching of true Qur'anic morality. In other words, Islam and
Qur'anic morality are solutions to the scourge of terrorism, not supporters of it.

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